Pavitrā Guhāyo: Dunhuang-nagaraṃ Singapura-nagare patthaṭaṃ

Asiā-nāgarika-saṅgahālayaṃ UNESCO-saṃsaṭṭhaṃ mahā-Cīna-giri-guhā-ṭhānaṃ Mogao-guhānaṃ catu-saṅkhyāyo puna-saṅghaṭeti, evaṃ terasa-metta-pamāṇaṃ nipanna-Buddha-paṭimaṃ dasseti. Dakkhiṇa-pācīna-Asiāyā idaṃ pubbe na diṭṭhaṃ, Silka-magge soḷasa-sata-vassānaṃ Buddha-kalāyaṃ pāṭhikānaṃ samīpe dassetuṃ ca ekā upāya-vidhi.

Dunhuang (Cīna-raṭṭhaṃ) – Asiā-nāgarika-saṅgahālayassa (ACM) tiṇa-pariṇāme cha-metta-pamāṇaṃ vāta-pūrita-rūpaṃ samīpa-rukkhehi saddhiṃ samānaṃ hoti. Tassa purisassa devata-sadisaṃ sitta-hāsaṃ, gurutā-āghātaṃ atikkamanto viya vattī, evaṃ citta-katha-paṭimāya alika-bhāso ca. Esā apsarā — Buddha-devatā-pariyāyagatā ekā dibba-yakkhiṇī, addha-nāṭakī addha-gāyikī, yā pupphehi evaṃ saṅgītena saddhiṃ gantha-paṭṭhānaṃ karonti. Yattha tā gacchanti, tattha nibbānaṃ sugandhaṃ hoti, ti vucce.

Imaṃ paṭimāyo Dunhuang-nāmakena saddhiṃ ekībhūtaṃ, Cīna-raṭṭhassa uttara-pacchima-dīpabhāge Gobi-maru-bhūmi-dvāre ṭhitā udaka-puṇṇa-nagari, Cīna-raṭṭhassa antorā-pāṭhika-gamanaṭṭhānesu ativisiṭṭhamānaṃ ekā jātaṃ.